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    Task 3: Does stretching before exercise could prevent injury? According to Brad Walker (2014‚ September)‚ stretching‚ as it relates to physical health and fitness‚ is “the process of placing particular parts of the body into a position that will lengthen or elongate the muscle and associated soft tissue”. A regular stretching program lead a number of changes begin to occur within the body and specifically within the muscles. Other tissues that begin to adapt to the stretching process include the

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    Comparison of Yoga and Manual Stretching as Treatment for Tight low- back Muscles of selected students of UERMMMCI-CAReS Introduction In recent years‚ researchers have become increasingly interested in the study of treatments for tight back muscles. Tight back muscles have always caused people uneasiness‚ irritability and limited motion. Pain is also felt when a person has tight back muscles and results to affecting an individual’s activities of daily living. The back muscles keep the body

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    Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific muscle or tendon is intentionally flexed or stretched in order to enhance the muscle’s felt elasticity and reach comfortable muscle tone. The outcome is a feeling of increased muscle control‚ flexibility‚ and range of motion. Stretching has four types which is dynamic‚ ballistic‚ static stretching and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation Ballistic stretching is a swift or fast bouncing stretch in which a body part is going with momentum

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    causes the injuries. Pitcher’s elbow usually presents itself as pain along the inside part of the elbow during or after throwing activity. This injury is usually caused by repetitive motion and stress at the elbow joint‚ resulting in pulling and stretching of the tendons and ligaments of the inner elbow. It can cause pain and swelling inside the elbow and can limit one’s range of motion. When the injury involves the tendons‚ it is called “medial epicondylitis”. When the injury is more advanced‚ it

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    The Impact of Stretching on Sports Injury Risk: A Systematic Review of the Literature STEPHEN B. THACKER1‚ JULIE GILCHRIST2‚ DONNA F. STROUP3‚ and C. DEXTER KIMSEY‚ JR.3 1 Epidemiology Program Office‚ 2National Center for Injury Prevention and Control‚ and 3National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion‚ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ Atlanta‚ GA ABSTRACT THACKER‚ S. B.‚ J. GILCHRIST‚ D. F. STROUP‚ and C. D. KIMSEY‚ JR. The Impact of Stretching on Sports Injury

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    Ballistic stretching is a rapid bouncing stretch in which a body part is moving with momentum that stretches the muscles to the max. Muscles respond to this type of stretching by contracting to protect itself from over extending. Dynamic stretching is a walking or movement stretch. By performing slow controlled movements through full range of motion‚ a person reduces risk of injury

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    Muscle and Flexibility

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    FITT and SPORT principles (Hint: Getting Started) Specificity-what stretches and workouts need to be done to increase muscular fitness and flexibility. Progression-increase how long and how many times an exercise or workout is done. Overload- Stretching and workouts until body says no (muscular exhaustion) Reversibility- continuing to do stretches and workouts to not go back to where started Tedium-switching exercises and stretches daily to ensure everything is completed Frequently do stretches

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    muscle‚ will more than likely require surgery‚ along with six to eight weeks of rehabilitation. A less severe strain‚ like a grade one or two strain‚ can be fixed with strengthening exercises‚ such as the exercise shown in the picture to the right‚ stretching‚ and proper rehabilitation. Resistance bands are very popular in every kind of rehabilitation‚ especially with muscle injuries. Recovery from a moderate strain such as this would take anywhere from one week to one month (Grade 2: Hip Flexor Muscle

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    In the spa industry‚ there are different types of customers to do treatment‚ such as the teenager‚ adult and the senior‚ they have different reasons to use the spa service‚ such as want to do stretching‚ relax‚ reduce pressure‚ etc. And choose them base on their age. For the treatment that is provided‚ it has divided into 6 groups‚ they are hot therapies‚ cold therapies‚ water therapies‚ touch therapies‚ relaxation therapies and exercises. First‚ for the hot therapies‚ its include sauna‚ steam

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    for an amount of time depending on its severity and proper rehabilitation procedures must be applied. Rehabilitation procedures used for a Hamstring tear is best done through stages; those stages being progressive mobilisation‚ graduated exercise (stretching‚ conditioning‚ total body fitness)‚ Training and the use of hot and cold. Once these procedures have been used effectively on the patient and they are starting to look towards returning to play there are various stages that must be cleared to ensure

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